Wilson's Cavalry Corps: Union Campaigns in the Western Theatre, October 1864 Through Spring 1865

The famed Union fighting force of William T. Sherman was plagued by a lack of first-rate cavalry-until James Harrison Wilson transformed a collection of independent regiments and brigades with fierce effectiveness. Wilson's Cavalry helped thwart Confederate General Hood's 1864 invasion of Tennessee, then moved south for the capture of Selma, Montgomery, and Columbus. This book is the first history of the Cavalry Corps, with particular attention paid to Wilson's achievement in creating an infrastructure for his corps.